Microsoft to roll out Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary update from 9 August

The Windows 10 Anniversary update was recently rolled out by Microsoft which included some interesting updates and features including Windows Ink, actionable notifications, updated Cortana and many more tweaks. While the update was only seeded to PCs, notebooks and the XBox One, Lumia smartphone owners were left in the dark.Thanks to a tweet by the official Lumia India’s Twitter account, the Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update will arrive on the 9th of August. The info has not been confirmed from Microsoft itself and the tweet itself has been removed.According to Windows Central, the date is indeed accurate so owners of unlocked Lumia devices as well as other Windows based smartphones should start getting the update this week. Carrier based Windows smartphones around the world will get the update on the 16th. Thanks to ChangeWindows, we have the full list of the new features that will come with the Anniversary Update:Start and Action CenterLive tiles now update all at once on Start instead of one-by-one if there are updates for their contentLive tiles now can update badges and content at the same timeThe app icon is no longer repeated in the Action Center, instead, it is shown only in the headerThe header for each app is now smaller to make more room for notificationsNotifications can now have hero imagesNotifications in both banners and Action Center now follow the “Text Scaling” settingThe size of notification icons has been decreased from 64×64 to 48×48The default wallpaper for a new device has been changedIf a Quick Action turns a certain functionality in your device on or off (Bluetooth, Flashlight, etc.) it will now show On/Off for a short periodCortana and searchCortana is now available in Spanish (Mexico), Portuguese (Brazil) and French (Canada)Cortana will now show a button on the top to search for musicCortana can now provide turn-by-turn directions with the new Maps appCortana can now sync across devicesYou’ll now get a notification whenever your mobile device is running out of batteryFind my phone/Ring my phone is now available through CortanaYou can now share map directions between your devicesCortana can now show new notifications in the Action CenterCortana can now automatically fetch the required speech language for youCortana can now give reminder suggestionsYou can now change Cortana’s languageCortana’s Settings have been moved outside the NotebookYou can now create reminders with photos or shared info from appsImproved share UI for remindersCortana can now search in your Office 365 accountYou can now send a picture from your phone to your PC through CortanaNotifications on your phone will now be synced to your PC with CortanaCortana’s listening animation has been updatedCortana should now listen more reliably after tapping the mic buttonCortana’s home UI no longer shows your cards but hints and a button to show the cardsUser InterfaceThe back-button on the lock screen has been replaced with a camera buttonThe lock screen now shows media controls directly on the UIThe Bing logo on the Bing lock screen has been updated, appears smaller and no longer has the text “Bing”The data migration process now uses a larger fontThe “Goodbye” message will now stay visible until the device has been shut down completelyMicrosoft EdgeEdge has been updated from version 25.10586 to 38.14393You can now swipe to go back and forwardThe X-button to close tabs is now largerWord Flow now works in the Edge address barThe InPrivate browsing icon is now placed next to the “New tab” button in the tab overviewA prompt pops up before a download startsEdge now shows a “Go forward” item in the ellipses menuWhen an app opens a new tab, pressing back will now close itWhen typing in a text box, you can now use the pase button above the keyboardDownload notificaions in Edge now include filenames, download status and site domain on separate linesEdgeHTML has been updated from version 13.10586 to 14.14393Default parametersAsync/awaitObject.values and Object.entriesOpus audio formatDate and time elementOutput elementColor input typeCanvas Path2D objectsImproved accessibility featuresSupport for BeaconBeacon, Fetch, Web Notification, Web Speech APIsThe User Agent String has been updatedThe following flags have been addedFoundational work for Web Notifications has been implemented (but not functional)You can now set a flag for “Compose scrollbar thumbs independently”You can now set a flag for DirectX settings “Use Windows.UI.Composition”A flag for WebRTC 1.0 is available but not functional and will be removed in a later versionYou can now set a flag to enable VP9 supportES6 Regex symbolsWeb PaymentsTCP Fast Open is disabled by default but can be enabledA flag has been added to enable Standard Fullscreen APISettingsNew panels, settings and optionsYou can now choose which app’s notifications are more important to youYou can now choose how many notifications an app can have in the Action CenterYou can now manage on a per-app base if an app can run in the background or not, or if this has to be hanled by WindowsWindows Update now allows you to set the time you’re most active in so that it can avoid updating at that pointYou can now manage the order of Quick Actions in the Action Center for all slotsIt is now possible to hide Quick Actions you don’t useThe is now a toggle for the VPN Quick Action buttonYou can now override Active Hours with the Restart OptionsThe Windows Update notification after installing an update now takes you to the device’s update historyNavigation Bar settings now have their own pageDual-SIM devices now support Visual VoicemailYou can now manage your Insider settings from the Settings appYou can now set how long it takes before Windows Hello requires you to sign in againApps for websites has been added under SystemSharing a network with your contacts in Wi-Fi Sense is no longer possibleThe Mobile Hotstpot page now gives clearer errors when setting up a hotspot fails due to the lack of a SIM being connectedThe refresh rate for Wi-Fi data usage is now fasterActive hours can now be set to a range of up to 12 hours instead of 10As of build 14361, your DPI settings will be backed up in the cloud and restored after your device is refreshedKids Corner is no longer availableVisual updates and othersEvery page in Settings now has its own iconGlance has been moved from Extras to PersonalizationImproved performance when opening Settings > Update & security > For developersThe background of the category overview and sub-category overview is now black instead of dark greyA selected sub-category now has a Groove-like select stateThe icons under Update & Security have been updated to be more reflective of their meaningImproved performance for loading the app list under Storage settingsSystemContinuum now supports USB EthernetThe Bluetooth AVRCP profile has been updated to version 1.5Windows now has a one-handed Japanese kana keyboardYou can now run up to 16 apps in the backgroundImproved logic for refreshing the Live tiles on the start screenImproved reliability for keyboards with large dictionariesThe thumbnail logic has been altered to only create a small thumbnail after making a photo, and making the larger thumbnail when required to save storageDuring the final preparations, Windows will only go through 8 to 10 migration stepsThe Word Flow keyboard has an improved recognition of longer wordsYou can now abort an autocorrection by tapping on the bolded wordThe call in-progress banner is now shown above notifications so you no longer need to dismiss that notification to end the callThe emoji set has been completely revampedThe default emoji’s are no longer grey, but yellowThe text prediction engine has bene improved to show candidates based on the current keyboard language, instead of the language that was used when the word was written5-inch devices like the Lumia 640 and 830 can now also use the one-handed keyboardImprove reliability of Bluetooth in carsThe back-up format is changed, causing back-ups to take less from your OneDrive space, however, back-ups are incompatible with older versions of Windows 10 MobileImproved battery performance for people that often turn the screen on and off again to look at the lock screenAppsYou can now swipe a conversation to delete it in MessagingThe phone app now show an indicator for missed calls and voicemailsYou can now cycle through pages in the phone app infinitelyOption to use the Camera app to take a photo and send it with SkypeThe alarm will now go louder faster when using your musicFM Radio is no longer installed as a default appImproved reliability for navigating between camera roll and the Camera appThe Insider Hub and Windows Feedback apps have been merged to Feedback HubYou can now react on feedback in the Feedback HubThe Feedback Hub now suggest a category when you’ve typed in your feedbackThe “Alerts” page in the Feedback Hub has been removedAnd furtherWindows now identifies itself as version 1607